Which statement about the northwest ordinance is false. a it prohibited slavery in the northwest territory. b it encouragef education and provided a way for public schools to be supported. c it encouraged explorers to find a northwest passage to the pacific. d it provided a way for territories to organize and enter the union as states.

The right answer is C it encouraged explorers to find a Northwest Passage to the Pacific.

The ordinance anticipated statehood when any territory’s population reached a population of sixty thousand “free inhabitants" establishing a formal procedure for transforming territories into states. The ordinance also prohibited permanently slavery. 1787 Congress voted a grant of 1.5 million acres for about $1 million in certificates of indebtedness to Revolutionary War veterans. The arrangement had the merit of reducing the national debt and encouraging new settlement and sales of federal land. Despite that, the ordinance also called for a public university.